POEMS FOR Today (about being a child) by Liz Soutendijk
includes poems full of playfulness. humor and the sincerest expressions of love. Many of the poems include line drawings that induce nostalgia in adults, making it possible for the book to resonate for all audiences.
The narrative poems cover many stories. Some examples are: in "Flying things - I wish that I was knowing where this flying thing is going" . Or in "Eating Vegetables - My mom will do anything to make us kids eat vegetables at dinner". Or in "Today" a child with youthful hubris declares - "Today, I saved the world." and begins to show us. Like many of the poems, "Today" contains a surprise ending.
The book contains 21 poems and is the perfect way for adults and children to connect to the experience of being a child.